black power

Newsletter from Amiri Baraka and the Committee For Unified Newark (CFUN), covering the recent ouster of the principal and vice principal of the Robert Treat School. CFUN was largely responsible for their removal, and the appointment of black principal Eugene Campbell, who later became the first black superintendent of Newark Public Schools. — Credit: Amiri Baraka Papers, Columbia University Libraries

Newsletter from Amiri Baraka and the Committee For Unified Newark (CFUN), on the surveillance and counterintelligence efforts of the FBI and Justice Department to “destroy” the organization. CFUN was a cultural nationalist organization established in 1968 by Amiri Baraka aimed at achieving Black political power in Newark. — Credit: Amiri Baraka Papers, Columbia University Libraries

Educational Proposal created by the Committee For Unified Newark to establish an “Experimental College” in Newark’s Black community. CFUN was a cultural nationalist organization established in 1968 by Amiri Baraka aimed at achieving Black political power in Newark. — Credit: Amiri Baraka Papers, Columbia University Libraries

Black poet, Imamu Amiri Baraka, who wrote under the name of LeRoi Jones, announces plans for a second International Congress of Black People at a press conference in New York, Aug. 16, 1972. The congress will be held in San Diego, Calif., Aug. 31 through Sept. 4. Baraka also called for a “unity of African people” for the purposes of collective political power. (AP Photo/Ron Frehm)

Flyer for a “Revolutionary Film Festival” sponsored by the Committee For Unified Newark (CFUN) in April 1974. CFUN was a cultural nationalist organization established in 1968 by Amiri Baraka aimed at achieving Black political power in Newark. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Flyer for events sponsored by the Committee For Unified Newark (CFUN) in February 1974. CFUN was a cultural nationalist organization established in 1968 by Amiri Baraka aimed at achieving Black political power in Newark. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Flyer for a 1975 program, rally, and demonstration to commemorate Workers’ Solidarity Day, sponsored by the Congress of Afrikan People.The Congress of Afrikan People was founded in 1970 as a Pan-African, nationalist organization that promoted black political empowerment, with its headquarters in Newark, NJ. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Flyer for a 1975 forum on the Congress of Afrikan People’s “Stop Killer Cops” program, which organized Black and Puerto Rican people to resist police brutality. The Congress of Afrikan People was founded in 1970 as a Pan-African, nationalist organization that promoted black political empowerment, with its headquarters in Newark, NJ. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Flyer for a “Pan-Afrikan Reception,” featuring leaders in African liberation struggles and sponsored by the Congress of Afrikan People (CAP) in New York City. The Congress of Afrikan People was founded in 1970 as a Pan-African, nationalist organization that promoted black political empowerment, with its headquarters in Newark, NJ. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Flyer for an event hosted by the Congress of Afrikan People, featuring Black communist organizer Harry Haywood, on May 23, 1976. The Congress of Afrikan People was founded in 1970 as a Pan-African, nationalist organization that promoted black political empowerment, with its headquarters in Newark, NJ. — Credit: Newark Public Library